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Canadian Milos Raonic advances to Italian Open semifinal
Original Publication Date: May 15, 2014 11:44PM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:11PM
ROME – Canadian Milos Raonic advanced to his first semifinal of the season Friday after a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 quarter-final win over Jeremy Chardy of France at the Italian Open.
The Thornhill, Ont., native will play the winner of the quarter-final between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Spaniard David Ferrer.
Raonic, the No. 8 seed, led by a set and a break at 6-3, 4-3 before losing his serve for the first time in the tournament. Chardy broke again at 6-5 to force a third set.
On the women’s side, Sara Errani took advantage of a supportive crowd to beat second-seeded Li Na 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
The 10th-seeded Errani is attempting to become the first Italian woman to win Rome since Raffaella Reggi took the title 29 years ago.
Li was unusually inconsistent, committing 52 unforced errors to Errani’s 21.
Errani celebrated by waving her arms to incite the crowd. Her semifinal opponent will be either 2007 and 2008 Rome champion Jelena Jankovic or third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska.
The Italian Open is the last key warmup before the French Open starts in nine days.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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